Monodromy representations of braid groups

1993 ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Chongying Dong ◽  
James Lepowsky
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups

Pseudo-Anosov Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson Farb ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Branched Covers ◽  
Algebraic Integers ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
Mapping Classes ◽  
Dynamical Properties

This chapter focuses on the construction as well as the algebraic and dynamical properties of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms. It first presents five different constructions of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes: branched covers, constructions via Dehn twists, homological criterion, Kra's construction, and a construction for braid groups. It then proves a few fundamental facts concerning stretch factors of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms, focusing on the theorem that pseudo-Anosov stretch factors are algebraic integers. It also considers the spectrum of pseudo-Anosov stretch factors, along with the special properties of those measured foliations that are the stable (or unstable) foliations of some pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism. Finally, it describes the orbits of a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism as well as lengths of curves and intersection numbers under iteration.

New Signature Scheme over the Braid Groups

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2930-2934
Author(s):  
Yun Wei ◽  
Guo-hua Xiong ◽  
Wan-su Bao ◽  
Xing-kai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups ◽  
Signature Scheme

scholarly journals Crystallographic groups and flat manifolds from surface braid groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 107560
Author(s):  
Daciberg Lima Gonçalves ◽  
John Guaschi ◽  
Oscar Ocampo ◽  
Carolina de Miranda e Pereiro
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups ◽  
Crystallographic Groups ◽  
Flat Manifolds

scholarly journals The $$R_\infty $$ property for pure Artin braid groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 195 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Karel Dekimpe ◽  
Daciberg Lima Gonçalves ◽  
Oscar Ocampo
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups

scholarly journals Finiteness for mapping class group representations from twisted Dijkgraaf–Witten theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul P. Gustafson
Keyword(s):  
Braid Group ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Braid Groups ◽  
Fusion Category ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Group Representations ◽  
Colored Graphs ◽  
Finite Image ◽  
Spanning Set

We show that any twisted Dijkgraaf–Witten representation of a mapping class group of an orientable, compact surface with boundary has finite image. This generalizes work of Etingof et al. showing that the braid group images are finite [P. Etingof, E. C. Rowell and S. Witherspoon, Braid group representations from twisted quantum doubles of finite groups, Pacific J. Math. 234 (2008)(1) 33–42]. In particular, our result answers their question regarding finiteness of images of arbitrary mapping class group representations in the affirmative. Our approach is to translate the problem into manipulation of colored graphs embedded in the given surface. To do this translation, we use the fact that any twisted Dijkgraaf–Witten representation associated to a finite group [Formula: see text] and 3-cocycle [Formula: see text] is isomorphic to a Turaev–Viro–Barrett–Westbury (TVBW) representation associated to the spherical fusion category [Formula: see text] of twisted [Formula: see text]-graded vector spaces. The representation space for this TVBW representation is canonically isomorphic to a vector space of [Formula: see text]-colored graphs embedded in the surface [A. Kirillov, String-net model of Turaev-Viro invariants, Preprint (2011), arXiv:1106.6033 ]. By analyzing the action of the Birman generators [J. Birman, Mapping class groups and their relationship to braid groups, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 22 (1969) 213–242] on a finite spanning set of colored graphs, we find that the mapping class group acts by permutations on a slightly larger finite spanning set. This implies that the representation has finite image.

AUTOMORPHISMS OF BRAID GROUPS ON S2, T2, P2 AND THE KLEIN BOTTLE K

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Braid Group ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Klein Bottle ◽  
Closed Surface ◽  
Group Extension ◽  
Braid Groups ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Group B ◽  
Central Automorphisms

It is shown that for the braid group Bn(M) on a closed surface M of nonnegative Euler characteristic, Out (Bn(M)) is isomorphic to a group extension of the group of central automorphisms of Bn(M) by the extended mapping class group of M, with an explicit and complete description of Aut (Bn(S2)), Aut (Bn(P2)), Out (Bn(S2)) and Out (Bn(P2)).

Braid lift representations of Artin's Braid Group

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (08) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009
Author(s):  
Reinhard Häring-Oldenburg
Keyword(s):  
Braid Group ◽  
Braid Groups ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Braid Theory

We recast the braid-lift representation of Contantinescu, Lüdde and Toppan in the language of B-type braid theory. Composing with finite dimensional representations of these braid groups we obtain various sequences of finite dimensional multi-parameter representations.

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